Black Pond WMA on Lake Ontario: Swale Behind the Foredune

In mid-November I longed to see once more before winter set in, four beach areas along the eastern Lake Ontario shoreline.

My goal one afternoon was to visit beaches ranging from Black Pond WMA in south-western Jefferson County, the farthest from home, to Sterling Nature Center in northern Cayuga County.

The other two were Sandy Pond Beach State Park and Mexico Point State Park, both in Oswego County.

Lake Ontario had been at disastrously high levels all spring and summer, causing major damage and closures of many camps, roads and parks all along the shoreline.